Safety nets and benefit dependence / edited by Stéphane Carcillo ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carcillo, Stéphane.

Series:

Research in labor economics ; v. 39.

Research in labor economics, 0147-9121 ; v. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Patterns of transitions into and out of benefit receipt are important measures of the effectiveness of social protection system, which play a important role in response to economic downturns. This volume contains new research on the dynamics of social insurance, including articles that provide evidence on benefit dependence from various countries.

Contents:

Identification and estimation of dynamic binary response panel data models: empirical evidence using alternative approaches / Kenneth Y. Chay, Dean R. Hyslop

State dependence in social assistance receipt in Canada / Jorgen Hansen ... [et al.]

State dependence in social assistance benefit receipt in Germany before and after the Hartz Reforms / Sebastian Königs

How do exit rates from social assistance benefit in Belgium vary with individual and local agency characteristics? / Sarah Carpentier, Karel Neels, Karel Van den Bosch

The effects of mandatory activation on welfare entry and exit rates / Anna Persson, Ulrika Vikman

The impact of temporary assistance programs on disability rolls and re-employment / Stephan Lindner, Austin Nichols

What impact does old-age pension receipt have on the use of public assistance programs among the elderly? / Norma B. Coe, April Yanyuan Wu.

Notes:

"This volume presents new results on the dynamics of social assistance, minimum-income and related out-of-work benefits in a range of different country contexts. It contains eight articles, seven of which were presented at the IZA/OECD/World Bank Conference on "Safety Nets and Benefit Dependence" in Paris in May 2013."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781784411107

1784411108